‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station
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Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace

‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace

  • @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
    4•11 months ago

    Yeah they really needed to do a follow up question on that one didn’t they?

    Can only really speculate here… maybe something to do with the Emergency Alert System? But I dunno. Could just be FCC bureaucracy reasons.

    • @Kiernian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•11 months ago

      It would set a horrible precedent.

      I don’t know the exact frequency specifics, but I know the FCC is super particular about any broadcast over a certain power on most wavelengths.

      I imagine this is yet another instance where “mostly works” is in fact somewhat problematic in one way or another.